Showing results for "A-Ma" in Police Procedurals

Durante la Transición, un pueblo de pescadores de la costa levantina ve truncada su paz tras el asesinato de su alcalde. Eugenio Martín, subdirector del Cuerpo Superior de la Policía, viaja desde Madrid con el objetivo de investigar el escabroso asesinato. Allí se reencuentra con Paco y Rosa, compañeros de dolor durante el salvaje final de la Dictadura. Acechado por los fantasmas del pasado, Eugenio conocerá a toda una serie de personajes que le mostrarán el lado más sórdido de la sociedad.

El thriller para los que creían haberlo leído todo. Un hombre aparece ahorcado en un pinar a las afueras de Madrid, con los ojos arrancados de cuajo. En uno de sus bolsillos se halla un papel con el nombre y la dirección de una mujer: Sara Azcárraga, que vive a pocos kilómetros del escenario del crimen. Frágil, solitaria, bebedora de vodka en soledad, Sara rehúye cualquier contacto con las personas y trabaja desde casa. El teniente de la Guardia Civil Julián Tresser se hace cargo del caso, asistido por el joven cabo Coira, que se enfrenta por vez primera a una investigación criminal, una investigación difícil.

Il y a huit ans, la jeune Malin, alors adolescente, a découvert une fillette enterrée dans la forêt de Ormberg, une ville suédoise isolée. On n'a jamais pu identifier la petite victime. Devenue une jeune flic ambitieuse, Malin est affectée auprès de Hanne, la célèbre profileuse, et de l'inspecteur Peter Lindgren, qui reprennent l'affaire.

En Nadie vale más que otro, Lorenzo Silva nos ofrece cuatro relatos contundentes y de elegante resolución que someten a la pareja de investigadores de la Benemérita al reto de enfrentarse al horror de lo cotidiano. La sombra de la muerte recorre el verano. Pero no se trata de la muerte retorcida de los crímenes novelescos, sino de la que sacude y conmociona la vida diaria. Un probable ajuste de cuentas entre criminales en medio de un campo deportivo. La violación y el asesinato de una niña a cargo, al parecer, de un pariente cercano. La muerte de un donjuán en el seno de una comunidad de inmigrantes.

He stands in the shadows. Watching them. DI Sara Ramsey's life is about to change forever. Recently moved to the area and in charge of a new team, she's tasked with finding a serial killer terrorising a rural community. Crimes as heinous as this rarely happen in picturesque rural idylls. The community is living in fear, desperate for Sara to keep them safe. When the killer changes his MO and abducts a vulnerable resident, Sara realises she is in a race against time to prevent the killer from claiming yet another victim.

Some people have secrets. And there are those who have deadly secrets. The murder of an unidentified woman in a hotel room proves to be a perplexing case for DI Sara Ramsey. Sifting through the victim's past reveals numerous inconsistencies and shocking secrets she had taken to her grave. Why had the killer silenced her? Sara and her team need to unravel the mystery, but in doing so, do they put yet more lives in danger as well as their own? In order to find happiness in her personal life, Sara is forced to deal with demons from her past.

DI Sara Ramsey is forced to tackle one of her toughest cases to date when a tragic fire turns out to be the actions of a deranged arsonist. A person set on revenge...but why? What’s his motive? He’s risking everything, striking when innocent people are asleep in their beds, leaving in his wake a trail of devastation that is harrowing for Sara and her team to unravel. Emotions are running high for all concerned: the families, the investigation team, and the murderer.

From the time she was a child, Mas Arai’s daughter, Mari, was completely gasa-gasa - never sitting still, always on the go, getting into everything. And Mas, busy tending lawns, gambling, and struggling to put his Hiroshima past behind him, never had much time for the family he was trying to support. For years now, his resentful daughter has lived a continent away in New York City and had a life he knew little about. But an anxious phone call from Mari asking for his help plunges the usually obstinate Mas into a series of startling situations.

From the time she was a child, Mas Arai's daughter, Mari, was completely gasa-gasa - never sitting still, always on the go, getting into everything. And Mas, busy tending lawns, gambling, and struggling to put his Hiroshima past behind him, never had much time for the family he was trying to support. For years now his resentful daughter has lived a continent away in New York City and had a life he knew little about.

Investigative journalist Emma Hunter never thought she’d be a best-selling author. Especially not for a blistering exposé of the brutal horrors committed at a children’s home. All she wants is to return home to the anchoring salt air and solitude of Weymouth where questions still fester unanswered and a 20-year-old secret binds her to the beach.

The discovery of Gemma Whiting's bludgeoned body within spitting distance of her family home, opens a new case for DI Sally Parker, one that quickly embroils her in Gemma's feud with male family members. The more Sally digs, the longer her suspect list grows. Frustrated after months of investigation, yet another young woman is attacked close to where Gemma's body was found. Sally begins to wonder if she's been looking in the wrong direction for the killer.

DI Sally Parker has a serial killer on her patch. One thing that sets this killer apart from the others she's hunted before: his willingness to leave DNA at each of the crime scenes. It's up to Sally and her partner, DS Jack Blackman, to find out why before the body count rises to double figures. While Sally is engrossed in the investigation, her ex-husband, Darryl, pays a surprise visit to her new home.